OBHS CLASS OF ‘65 50TH REUNION NEWSLETTER: MARCH, 2015 The theme for this newsletter is “Getting Connected”. Our reunion in July will give us an opportunity to reconnect with old friends we may not have seen for years and, as well, get acquainted with classmates we didn’t know in high school and develop new friendships. We all have 50 years’ worth of stories to share! We have set up a Facebook page everyone can use to make these connections. Check out: https://www.facebook.com/obhs1965. In addition to the reunion events the committee has organized, you may be interested in scheduling or participating in other informal activities such as golf, pickle-ball, lunches, walking, hiking, or just chatting over a coffee or a beer. So, now it is your turn! If you would like to set up some informal activity or participate in one, please arrange it using our Facebook page. Just post your idea and see what the response is. If you want to find out who is going to be attending the reunion, you can find the list of names on our website under “Our Class”. July is always a busy time in Victoria. We thought, if you are going to spend a bit longer here, you might like to know what other events happening on or around our reunion weekend. You can find a list of these on our website at: http://obhs1965.weebly.com/what-else-is-on-invictoria.html. Here’s a Flashback for You! Do you remember when Oak Bay Avenue looked like this? Would you believe some of these buildings are still there and are looking pretty much the same? MORE FACTS FROM 1965: WORLD NEWS: • U.S. planes bomb North Vietnam as U.S Marines invade Da Nang in the first deployment of U.S. combat troops in Vietnam. • Gambia and the Maldives gain their independence. • The India-Pakistan hostility erupts into war. • Ferdinand Marcos is inaugurated as the new Philippine president. • France puts its first satellite into orbit. • Sony introduces the first Betamax “videocorder”. • Rhodesia is proclaimed independent from Britain by P.M. Ian Smith. • The British Indian Ocean Territory is formed. PLEASE DON’T FORGET: 1. To register – the deadline is May 31st! 2. To check out the website to see those classmates we are still trying to find and help us locate them. 3. To send us a bio, vignette, or photos if you would like them posted on our website. (Just put the text for the bio or vignette in an email and have any photos in jpeg format.) 4. To check out http://obhs1965.weebly.com/. We post new information regularly. 5. To email us if you have any questions or suggestions at obhs65@gmail.com. Finally, if there is some information you would like to see on the website that isn’t there, please let us know. If we can make it happen, we will. Thanks, The OBHS Class of ’65 Reunion Organizing Committee